Candidates Quote by Michael Beschloss

What does seem to matter for winning a primary is when candidates get into the race compared with their competitors.

— Harry Enten

I recognize primaries are difficult things. We had a field of outstanding candidates. And primaries get a little bit rough. And it takes some…

— Mike Pence

If you look at why do we end up with the nominees that we get often? It's because you have only a very small…

— Frank Bruni

Winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification or a sign of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win…

— Mark Penn

Primaries are the place where you see whose message is connecting with the largest number of people.

— Mitt Romney

Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.

— Jeb Bush

There is a reality to the primary process, and you don't win primaries by being ahead in national polls. You win them by winning…

— Rudy Giuliani

There are not very many people who go out and vote in primaries. So to get elected in a particular district, you have to…

— Diana Taylor

The good thing about having a Republican primary is that the voters will decide our nominee - unlike the Democrats.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

As far as party primaries are concerned, both Republican - and Democratic - Party primaries are dominated by the most zealous voters, whose views…

— Thomas Sowell

I don't really think it's appropriate for me to be picking and choosing in the primaries. It's pretty dumb politics for a Republican to…

— John Cornyn

I think a primary always makes the other candidate a better candidate because you're battle-tested and you have to think in ways that other…

— Nancy Pelosi